Mormon Handcart Trail & Woodpecker Trail via Clear Creek Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Mormon Handcart Trail & Woodpecker Trail via Clear Creek Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Clear Creek Greenbelt near Vernon, IA. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mormon Handcart Trail & Woodpecker Trail via Clear Creek Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Elevation 645–688 ft
Out & Back · Clear Creek Greenbelt
Trailhead: 41.67669, -91.59757
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:07 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Transit-accessible: 20th Ave & 5th St stop 718 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Woodpecker Trail, heading E.
- 1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Mormon Handcart Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miReach Woodpecker Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Woodpecker Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Transit-accessible: 20th Ave & 5th St stop 718 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Liberty Centre Pond–North Liberty Trail, 4 sights 12.4 mi · ▲ 333 ft
- Clear Creek Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Clear Creek Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Clear Creek Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Woodpecker Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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